US4150818A - Cooling element for a metallurgical furnace - Google Patents

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US4150818A
US4150818A US05/896,794 US89679478A US4150818A US 4150818 A US4150818 A US 4150818A US 89679478 A US89679478 A US 89679478A US 4150818 A US4150818 A US 4150818A
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Hans-Eugen Buhler
Gunter Robusch
Herbert Schafer
Karl-Heinz Peters
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
    • F27D1/00—Casings; Linings; Walls; Roofs
    • F27D1/12—Casings; Linings; Walls; Roofs incorporating cooling arrangements
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21B—MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL
    • C21B7/00—Blast furnaces
    • C21B7/10—Cooling; Devices therefor
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22C—ALLOYS
    • C22C37/00—Cast-iron alloys
    • C22C37/04—Cast-iron alloys containing spheroidal graphite
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
    • F27D9/00—Cooling of furnaces or of charges therein
    • F27D2009/0002—Cooling of furnaces
    • F27D2009/0045—Cooling of furnaces the cooling medium passing a block, e.g. metallic
    • F27D2009/0048—Cooling of furnaces the cooling medium passing a block, e.g. metallic incorporating conduits for the medium
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
    • F27D9/00—Cooling of furnaces or of charges therein
    • F27D2009/0002—Cooling of furnaces
    • F27D2009/0051—Cooling of furnaces comprising use of studs to transfer heat or retain the liner

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  • This invention relates to cooling elements for a metallurgical furnace, and in particular a blast furnace.
  • the invention is concerned with cooling elements for the aforesaid furnaces provided with integrally cast steel tubes in the cast iron body.
  • the steel tubes are provided to convey the cooling means or medium.
  • These steel tubes are conventionally provided with an additional metallic layer.
  • a cooling element of the aforementioned type is disclosed in the introduction in an earlier W. German Patent Application, the German Offenlegungsschrift No. 2,128,827 (on page 2, second paragraph).
  • the metallic layer in this prior known cooling element is composed of aluminum, copper or tin. It is specified in the aforementioned Offenlegungsschrift that carburization of the steel tube can not be avoided with the prior known cooling element. Such a carburization impairs the toughness properties of the steel tube, so that the danger of cracking or at least the susceptibility to cracking is increased.
  • these cooling elements are subjected to high stresses and strains. Specifically, it must be taken into consideration that these cooling elements are primarily used to cool the inner brickwork of a shaft furnace, especially the blast furnace. These cooling elements have a refractory lining on the side facing the inside or interior of the furnace. The cooling elements maintain these low temperatures. The cooling elements are exposed to heavy thermo-mechanical stress when in use. Unfortunately, the heretofore known cooling elements have an unsatisfactory period of use as they are susceptible to cracks and are not thermoshock-resistant. The susceptibility to cracks can originate at the steel tube or at the cast iron body or in both places. The susceptibility of the steel tube to cracking is due to carbon diffusing out of the liquid cast iron body into the steel tube.
  • the diffusion of the carbon may happen especially as long as the cast iron, which is already cast and is forming the cast iron body, has not yet solidified. Under these conditions the carbon has the highest chance to diffuse from the liquid cast iron (surrounding the steel tubes) into the steel tubes.
  • the prior known proposal to protect the steel tube by means of a metallic aluminum layer has proved a failure as the metallic aluminum layer was already affected when the cast iron body was being cast. The cohesive metallic layer was broken open so that a disadvantageous carburization of the steel tubes could ensue.
  • the alternative proposal in the aforementioned German Offenlegungsschrift No. 2,128,827 to apply a metallic oxide coating to the steel tubes instead of the metallic coating is also unsatisfactory.
  • the metallic oxide layer applied to the steel tube is frequently not thermoshock-resistant, i.e. on casting and in operation cracks are caused in the metallic oxide layer due to the different coefficients of expansion of the steel tube and the oxide layer.
  • the cooling elements are susceptible to damage due to cracks occurring in the cast iron body.
  • the prior art known cast iron body is composed of cast iron with lamellar graphite; and, this lamellar graphite expands with increasing temperature at variance with the steel tube, so that the conduction of heat to the cooling steel tubes worsens in the course of time.
  • a direct attack of the burdening of the blast furnace can occur on the front side of the cast iron body.
  • This burdening of the blast furnace is composed of coke, partly reduced ore and slag scars.
  • the present invention proposes to solve the aforesaid problems to provide a cooling element which is provided with a metallic layer different from the prior art, and which metallic layer is composed of one or more metals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese, or silver used either individually or as a combination of several thereof as an alloy, and which cooling element additionally includes a metallic oxide layer of one or several metallic oxides and which is provided on the metallic layer.
  • the metallic oxides of this layer must be stable, i.e. the free oxide standard enthalpy of formation should be less than -145 kcal with normal pressure conditions and a temperature of 600° C.
  • chromium oxides As a stable metallic oxide, chromium oxides have been found to be useful.
  • metallic oxides i.e. metallic oxides whose standard enthalpy of formation lies below -180 kcal with a temperature of 600° C. and with normal pressure.
  • oxides of the metals aluminum, titanium, zirconium are particularly preferred.
  • the metals, or their metallic alloys, which are chosen for the metallic layer are selected because they do not form metallic carbides or are not inclined either in the production of the cooling element or in the later use thereof to form metallic carbides.
  • the metallic layer is preferably applied to the steel tube with a thickness in the range of 40 to 100 microns.
  • the metallic oxide layer is then preferably applied to the metallic layer with a thickness in the range of 30 to 100 microns.
  • the metallic layer and the metallic oxide layer should have a total thickness of 200 microns at maximum. A total layer thickness of 100 to 200 microns, in particular of 100 to 150 microns, is preferred. This layer thickness still guarantees a sufficient transfer of heat between the cooled steel tube and the cast iron body.
  • the cast iron body is composed of low alloyed cast iron with nodular graphite.
  • the silicon content of the nodular graphite should amount to at least 1.8% by weight, preferably at least 2.1% by weight.
  • the silicon content can amount to 5.3% at maximum.
  • the preferred silicon content amounts to 2.5% to 3.5% by weight.
  • the carbon content of the cast iron with nodular graphite amounts for expedience to 2.5% to 4.0% by weight, in particular to 2.7% to 3.8% by weight.
  • cooling elements according to the invention are that they are distinguished by long life, low susceptibility to cracking and good cooling effect.
  • the multilayered intermediate layer formed from the metallic layer and metallic oxide layer with the components as set forth heretofore and placed between the cast iron body and the steel tube provides good protection for the steel tube even when very thinly applied.
  • the protective function of the steel tube is guaranteed from the outset.
  • the metallic oxide layer prevents the steel tube from being caked onto the cast iron body.
  • the metallic oxide layer also supports the metallic layer in its protective function as it prevents the diffusion of both carbon and oxygen into the steel tube. As the metallic layer remains undamaged, it can effectively protect the steel tube against carburization.
  • Another advantage of the invention is the use of nodular graphite for the cast iron body.
  • the nodular graphite is effective to increase the working life of the cooling element.
  • the inventors believe that one reason for the longer working life may be explained thereby that cooling elements having a cast iron body of nodular graphite show less susceptibility for cracking than the preknown cooling elements which have a cast iron body with lamellar graphite.
  • the known cooling elements which are composed of cast iron with lamellar graphite are noted for and have a high thermal conductivity, but have much less wear-resistant and are more susceptible for cracking than cast iron with nodular graphite.
  • the multilayered intermediate layer has a detrimental effect to the heat transfer when heat is transmitted through the layer. It is only a thin metallic oxide layer which should be considered for a detrimental effect whereas according to one alternative of the prior art the metallic oxide layer calls for the complete thickness of the intermediate layer.
  • the only factor which may be considered to be responsible for an unfavorable heat transfer is the thickness of the metallic oxide layer and not the additional metallic layer of the multilayered intermediate layer. Therefore, an effective gap width of less than 100 microns which corresponds to the thickness of the metallic oxide layer is the total provided which may cause the unfavorable heat transfer and this is minimal.
  • the cooling element according to the invention with the cast iron body composed of nodular graphite has the great advantage that the cast iron body has a high consistency in growth. This high consistency in growth promotes the close contact between the steel tubes and the cast iron body and provides the advantage that the refractory lining has a better hold in the cast iron body. It must be considered that the improved consistency in growth of the cast iron body composed of nodular graphite is further promoted by the improved cooling effect in the cooling elements according to the invention so that movements of the cooling element are greatly reduced in the area where the refractory brickwork is anchored. The refractory brickwork is therefore better anchored in the cooling element according to the invention. However, even if the refractory brickwork has been stripped down to the front surface of the cooling element, the cast iron body of nodular graphite exhibits advantages as the cooling elements according to the invention can withstand the thermo-mechanical stresses better than prior known constructions.
  • the thin intermediate layer provides for a cooling effect which enables the cooling element to be maintained at a lower temperature despite any inferior heat conductivity of the cast iron alloy formed with nodular graphite.
  • the intermediate layer provides the possibility to produce the cooling element at relatively high casting temperatures, as are necessary when casting cast iron with nodular graphite.
  • the diffusion of carbon increases exponentially with increasing casting temperatures so that the danger of a carburization will increase with higher casting temperatures. It has been proved that following the teaching of the invention even with these higher production temperatures, the steel tubes which are cast integrally in the cooling element are effectively protected by the multi-layered intermediate layer against the disadvantageous carburization.
  • the cast iron body may also contain alloying elements which have advantageous effects on the desired properties of the cooling element. It has been shown that a high proportion of ferrite in the structure of the cast iron body is advantageous, as a high ferrite proportion leads to the steel tube and the cast iron body both having substantially the same thermal expansion behavior. This is essential in order to obtain a small gap width between the steel tube and the cast iron body.
  • the proportion of ferrite should preferably be more than 80% and in particular more than 90%. These proportions of ferrite should be present in the structure of the cooling element in cast state.
  • molydenum content of up to 3.0% and in particular preferably from 0.5% to 1.5%, has proved expedient.
  • Molybdenum has a ferritizing effect.
  • the high proportion of ferrite also has a positive effect on the expansion values.
  • the higher expansion values are jointly responsible for the reduced susceptibility to cracking.
  • the content of manganese in the cast iron alloy should if possible not exceed 0.8%. Proportions of less than 0.5% of manganese are preferred, as such low proportions have a favorable effect on the structure.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view taken through a cooling element according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows an enlarged portion of the sectional view shown in FIG. 1.
  • a cooling element which includes a cast iron body 1 formed with nodular graphite having ribs 2 on one side thereof and on the other side thereof steel tubes 3 through which the cooling medium is moved.
  • Steel tubes 3 and cast iron body 1 are integrally cast, and the tubes 3 each include an inlet 4 and an outlet 5 for the cooling medium positioned on the side opposite to ribs 2.
  • Cast iron body 1 is shown as a rectangular cast iron body and holds several steel tubes 3 for conveying the cooling means. The cross-section as taken through the cooling element shown in FIG. 1 only portrays one of these steel tubes 3.
  • Cast iron body 1 is cast from cast iron with nodular graphite, has its ribs 2 pointing or directed towards the inside of the blast furnace and serves to anchor the refractory material, not shown.
  • Steel tubes 3 are curved in a "U" shape and are cast integrally in the cast iron body 1.
  • the inlets and outlets 4, 5 of the steel tubes 3 each project out of the cast iron body 1 on the side opposing the ribs 2.
  • the two layer intermediate layer is shown in an enlarged view.
  • a first, metallic layer 6 is placed directly onto the outer periphery of tube 3, and a second layer 7 of highly stable oxides is placed onto the first, metallic layer 6.
  • a two-layer intermediate layer is arranged between the steel tube 3 and the cast iron body 1 which is composed of nodular graphite.
  • a preliminary layer 6 of nickel is arranged directly on the steel tube 3, and the layer 6 is approximately 70 microns thick.
  • a second layer 7 of Al 2 O 3 is situated on this first layer 6. The second layer is 50 microns thick.
  • the analysis of the cast iron body 1 was as follows: 2.8% carbon, 2.5% silicon, 0.19% manganese, 0.064% Mg, 0.014% P, 0.004% S, the remainder being iron.

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US4217954A (en) * 1978-02-03 1980-08-19 Gutehoffnungshutte Sterkrade Aktiengesellschaft Cooling plate for a furnace in a metallurgical plant
US4327899A (en) * 1979-04-09 1982-05-04 Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha Stave cooling device having unwelded double tube
US4279407A (en) * 1979-06-20 1981-07-21 Korf-Stahl Ag Metallurgical furnace in particular an electric arc furnace
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EP0030298A3 (de) * 1979-12-06 1981-07-15 Politechnika Slaska im. Wincentego Pstrowskiego Verfahren zum Bau von Kühlern für metallurgische Öfen
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US4620507A (en) * 1981-03-06 1986-11-04 Hiromichi Saito Stave cooler
CN1317397C (zh) * 2002-01-16 2007-05-23 保尔·沃特公司 用于冶金炉的冷却板及制造该冷却板的方法
CN102107271A (zh) * 2010-12-31 2011-06-29 烟台万隆真空冶金有限公司 铸件的内生蒸汽冷却铸造方法
CN102107271B (zh) * 2010-12-31 2013-01-16 烟台万隆真空冶金有限公司 铸件的内生蒸汽冷却铸造方法

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